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Nat Rev Immunol. 2010 Aug;10(8):554-67. doi: 10.1038/nri2808. Epub 2010 Jul 9.
Transforming growth factor-beta (TGFbeta) is an immunosuppressive cytokine produced by tumour cells and immune cells that can polarize many components of the immune system. This Review covers the effects of TGFbeta on natural killer (NK) cells, dendritic cells, macrophages, neutrophils, CD8(+) and CD4(+) effector and regulatory T cells, and NKT cells in animal tumour models and in patients with cancer. Collectively, many recent studies favour the hypothesis that blocking TGFbeta-induced signalling in the tumour microenvironment enhances antitumour immunity and may be beneficial for cancer therapy. An overview of the current drugs and reagents available for inhibiting TGFbeta-induced signalling and their phase in clinical development is also provided.
转化生长因子-β(TGFβ)是一种免疫抑制细胞因子,由肿瘤细胞和免疫细胞产生,可使免疫系统的许多成分发生极化。本综述涵盖了 TGFβ在动物肿瘤模型和癌症患者中对自然杀伤(NK)细胞、树突状细胞、巨噬细胞、中性粒细胞、CD8(+)和 CD4(+)效应和调节性 T 细胞以及 NKT 细胞的影响。总的来说,许多最近的研究支持这样一种假设,即阻断肿瘤微环境中 TGFβ诱导的信号转导可增强抗肿瘤免疫,可能对癌症治疗有益。本文还概述了目前用于抑制 TGFβ诱导的信号转导的药物和试剂及其在临床开发中的阶段。